Birthday cards

Well my birthday card stash is low so it's time to make some more. My new cricut imagine is worth it's weight in gold!! My favorite feature so far is that I can take an image from one of my existing cricut carts and resize and color them with one of the imagine pattern carts. In this case I chose an ice cream cone from the potpourri basket cart and colored them with the imagine Elise pattern cart. It's soooo easy and just buying white paper is going to save storage space in my craft room. Instead of doing all the cuts on different colored paper, they were all made on the same piece of white paper at the same time The tag on the card is from a set of images that came already stored in the imagine another great feature!!!! So here is what I made.........


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Happy 4th of July

There is no better way to say happy 4th than a card with fireworks!! The card measures 6x6 and so easy to make.  I used the potpourri basket cart to cut out the watermelon and some sweet party toothpicks for the fireworks. I know that the host at our 4th of July party this year is going to love it!!

papers: colorbok and ki memories

watermelon: potpourri basket cart

doilie: wilton

party picks for fireworks

ribbons and button: my stash

Entered in:

Fantabulous Cricut- #66 red white and blue happy 4th





"To the Happy Couple"

My husbands brother is getting married on July 2nd so today was a great day to get the card made. If i wait too long i end up finishing it right before we leave. The bride chose chocolate and pink for her colors so i wanted to make the card match. The card is 6 x 8 inches. I used the potpourri basket cart to cut out the toasting glasses at 7 inches then edged all the pieces with a gold ink pad. The sweet bow was re-purposed from a gourmet box of graham crackers.....which were dipped in chocolate and fabulous....no before you ask i did not share them with the kids!! The card is completed with his and her glasses.....hers got a little pink flower. Congratulation Mike and Lisa, many happy years together!!!

papers: colorbok & s.e.i

toasting glasses: potpourri basket cart

glitter: Martha Stewart

tourmaline & rose quartz

bow, flower & pearls: my stash

Entered In:

Fantabulous Cricut- #64 wedding wishes

Cricut Cardz Challenge- #78 wedding

"Thanks for the Ride!!!"

Here is my card today. Here in upstate NY school has 1 last week left so i really needed to get on the teacher cards. I decided to make a card for the girls bus driver how is wonderful!! My girls get the same bus but at 2 different times.....they go to different schools.... and he is always so nice to all the kids. We have a long driveway and he will wait and beep till he see's the girls come out. Just a real nice man!!! The card was so fun to make, it is 5.75 x 7. I used my cricut to cut out the bus, could and flowers. some patterned paper, flower and glitter and it's all done.

papers: colorbok & s.e.i

bus and cloud: potpourri basket cart

sunflowers: walk in my garden cart

white gel pen

yellow flower and brad: my stash with

Martha Stewart glitters

"Feel Better Soon"

Soooo cute for a sick friend!! I just had to use my new cuddlebug, it was killing me just sitting there by my desk staring at me.....lol.  This was so easy to make. I cut 2 6 inch circles one yellow for the sun and the other green for the grass. Then a 5 1/2 inch scalloped circle (all using the celebrations cart). I wanted to do something different than my usual rectangle cards. The rest of the card just fell together as i pushed items around my desk. The green button on the bow at the top was such a great find in my desk. It was an extra button that came with a shirt i bought and saved......the shirt is long gone but the button came in handy!!!

papers: wausau cardsock

celebrations cart: all circles

potpourri cart: clouds

walk in my garden cart: butterfly

martha stewart flocking: in hydrangea

cuddlebug folders: flowers and swiss dots

ribbon and button: my stash

Entered In:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge- #61 Blue Skies

Crafty Card Challenge- #120 Get Well

"Have a Lazy Day"

One image two cards.....this was so fun to see two completely different cards come from one image. These are both great cards that i'm sure two of my friends will love!!

Card #1

papers: recollections and colorbok

cricut carts: potpourri basket and walk in my garden

Sassy Cheryl digi colored with copic markers and stampin' up chalks

corner embossing punch: fiskars

tattered angels: glimmer mist in sand

ribbon: offray



I used the potpourri basket cart to make the fence piece out of white paper which i sprayed with the glimmer mist and the walk in my garden cart to make the cute little butterflies. The Sassy Cheryl flower digi was printed on kraft paper then i used the corner punch to round the sharp edges. Sooooo Cute!!!

Entered In:

Crafty Creations: #119 flower, patterned paper and a ribbon

Sassy Cheryl: #64 kraft paper

Phindy's Place: #55 one image, 2 cards

Card #2

Same Sassy Cheryl flower digi

papers: we r memory keepers and s.e.i

flower ribbon: hobby lobby

cricut: celebrations cart

cuddlebug: swiss dots folder

I wanted to keep this version simple, fun and bright!! I made a 6 inch triangle and a 5 inch rectangle with the celebrations cart, used some great bright paper and a fun card was born.

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Phindy"s Place: #55 one image, two cards

Fantabulous Cricut: #60 try this angle

Clear it Out:  Markers and colored pencils

"For Any Occation"

This is such a great little card to put a smile on anyones face for any reason!! When i first got "betty" my cricut i wanted to see how it worked and the first thing i ever cut was this cute frame from the potpourri basket cart. I save everything i don't use because i may need it later and i finall found the best use for the frame. I glittered it with Martha Stewart glitter in yellow barite and it was just perfect for the card!!!

Papers: colorbok

walk in my garden cart for ladybugs

flowers and brads: my stash

Aud Sentiments Challenge- #28 No Sentiment

"Happy New Baby"

Well the first one got deleted so im doing it again.....some times technology is not the best. This challenge was perfect. My little sister just had her baby girl at 12:35 am on May 12th and she is soooooo sweet! I used the potpourri basket cart to make the carriage and the celebrations cart to make the card base. It came out so cute just fit for a new little princess!!

papers: Bazzill

doilie: wilton

"happy new baby" stamp: stampin up

glitter spray: glimmer mist in old lace

flowers: my stash

Entered In:

Cricut Cardz Challenge- #74 for new baby

"Happy Anniversary"

Such a cute bear to wish someone a Happy Anniversary!! Everything needs to glimmer so after i finished the card i sprayed the whole thing with glimmer mist in sand to give it a glossy shimmery look. Too cute!!
Submitted to Crafty Creations Challenge #117

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge- Three Flowers

This is my entry in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Three Flowers. I just LOVE my Cricut!! This was a great event in our family. every year we go apple picking together and make a whole day of it with a picnic and all the farmers markets so it deserved a special page. I used the Potpourri basket cart for the clouds and apples with basket and the Plantin schoolbook cart for the grass flower line along the bottom which i added a fabric flower to every 3rd one to give it some more color.  I love how it came out!!!

Crafty Creations Challenge #116

This is a card I made for my cousin Lee's wedding. It was simple but had just the right touch for the occasion!! Super easy to make, a double fold opening tied with a bow and a simple cut out on the front......with my cricut as usual.....backed by a patterned matching paper.  Congratulations Lee and Amber!!!

"Dad's new Toy"

My husband had his friend come cut down some large pine trees in our back yard so he just HAD to go buy a new chainsaw so he could cut the trees up. I let him go to the store by himself to get one and he came home with the biggest one he could find!!  never again!! This was such a fun page to make. I found a collection of papers to match and that looked semi manley in my stash but my favorite was the packground page that looked like tree bark. I ofcourse used my cricut to cut out the letters, the pine tree and the acorn...too easy!! I trimmed up the cute pics of him and put the page together. He normaly just peeks at the creations i make but this one he really liked.